NeTEX

NeTEx overview

NeTEx has been developed under the aegis of CEN (Comité Européen de Normalisation) and is the most recent development stage in over fifteen years work to systemise and harmonize European passenger information data.

NeTEx provides a means to exchange data for passenger information such as stops, routes timetables and fares, among different computer systems, together with related operational data. It can be used to collect and integrate date from many different stakeholders, and to reintegrate it as it evolves through successive versions.

NeTEx is intended to be a general purpose XML format, designed for the efficient, updateable exchange of complex transport data among distributed systems. This allows the data to be used in modern web services architectures and to support a wide range of passenger information and operational applications.

To find out more about the NeTEX data model, visit the NeTEX website.

NeTEx-light

Ideally all member states will provide NeTEx files according to the European Passenger Information Profile (EPIP) on their respective National Access Point. Data4PT provides some artefacts to simplify producing and quality assure such information.

First of all a simplified and EPIP-adapted version of the full NeTEx XML schema has been produced.

• Browse the graphic and interactive technical presentation of the adapted schema.
  • Download EPIP adapted XML-schema
  • Download EPIP example file
• Browse the dedicated Github repository for the EPIP Reduced XSD

NeTEx software details

The following list of software is known to support NeTEx. We distinguish between different categories that may later receive a list of key performance indicators.

Conversion of NeTEx between other formats

Name	Availability	Description	Profile	License	URL
netex-protobuf	Available	NeTEx to protobuf converter	all	EUPL	https://github.com/entur/netex-protobuf
gtfs2netexfr	Available	Export GTFS data to NeTEx.	French		https://github.com/CanalTP/transit_model/tree/master/gtfs2netexfr
hastus	Available	Giro Hastus OIG script to export NeTEx from a system, in addition can export crew operations.	Dutch, Nordic(?)	AGPL-3.0	https://github.com/skinkie/hastus
josm-plugin-netex-converter	Available	Export OpenStreetMap pedestrian routing information into NeTEx.		GPL 2.0	https://gitlab.com/labiangashi/josm-plugin-netex-converter/

Data Validation tools

Name	Availability	Description	Profile	License	URL
XMLlint	Available	XML syntax validation, XSD schema validation and constraint checking.	All	MIT	http://www.xmlsoft.org/

Language bindings and software development aids

NeTEx XML bindings
Name	Availability	Description	Profile	License	URL
netex-java-model	Available	NeTEx XML bindings for Java, with additions to map temporal types to native objects.	Any	EUPL	https://github.com/entur/netex-java-model
netex-csharp-model	Not Available	NeTEx XML bindings for C#. Currently being researched with a variety of tools. Contact DATA4PT if you have questions or have found the golden egg.	Any

Editing /Management & visualisation tools for NeTEx data

Name	Availability	Description	Profile	License	URL
Nplan	Available	Java backend / TypeScript frontend for create/edit/export of NeTEx data (Support both Timetable based and On-demand polygon based services)	Nordic	EUPL	backend - https://github.com/entur/uttu frontend - https://github.com/entur/enki
NSR	Available	Java backend / JavaScript frontend for import/creation/edit/export for NeTEx stops data. (Act as a National Stops Register for the whole of Norway)	Nordic	EUPL	backend - https://github.com/entur/tiamat frontend - https://github.com/entur/abzu
Chouette	Available	Java backend / Ruby frontend for import/validation/edit/export of NeTEx data. Highly modified version of the old AFIMB version of Chouette. NOTE: Legacy software not recommended for new implemetations	Nordic	CeCILL-B	backend - https://github.com/entur/chouette frontend - https://github.com/entur/chouette2
Chouette	Available	Java based NeTEx tools, transforms between profiles and standards (NeTEx, GTFS, Neptune).	EPIP	Apache 2.0	https://enroute.mobi/produits/chouette/
mobilitx	Available				https://mobilitx.diginext.fr/
mobiref	Available				https://www.lumiplan.com/produit/mobiref/
NeTEx Reader	In Development	C# based XML tool, based on Giro Hastus XSD.	Dutch		https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpb_1Y9uR5k
netexconv2	In Development	Java based NeTEx tools, transforms between profiles and standards (NeTEx, DINO, HAFAS, KV1, GTFS).	Dutch, EPIP, Nordic, VDV462
IVU.cloud	Available		EPIP		https://www.ivu.com/news/news/article/delfi-successfully-migrates-to-ivucloud.html

NeTEx data enabled

Name	Availability	Description	Profile	License	URL
OpenTripPlanner	Available	Timetable and shortest path journey planner supporting reading various input formats including GTFS and NeTEx.	Nordic	Apache 2.0	http://docs.opentripplanner.org/en/dev-2.x/Netex-Norway/